Peter Redinger was a Civil War soldier who served in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. He is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was born 1 April 1839 and died 6 February 1887. Some information about him and his family is provided on his Findagrave Memorial. His […]
William Bixler, sometimes found in the records as William S. Bixler or William H. Bixler, was born in 1839, in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Bixler (1811-1863) and Sarah Catherine [Straw] Bixler (1812-1896). At his grave, which is located at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. […]
Jacob Bast was born in Pennsylvania in 1847, the son of Isaac Bast (1799-1868) and Catherine Bast (1802-1877). However, at least one record states he was born in 1841. According to his grave marker at the Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, he died in 1917, and he had Civil War service in Company C of […]
A monument at the St. John Lutheran Cemetery at Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, recognizes Frederick Eckert Stees for serving as the National Secretary of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America [P.O.S. of A.]. Stees died on 19 April 1905. The inscription on the monument reads: Erected by the National Camp Patriotic Order […]
A listing of the July 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Isaac J. Neagley – Millersburg Photographer May 2018 Posts June 2018 Posts The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1910 Levi Gable of Lykens-Wiconisco – Served in 3 Regiments? The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1911 George N. Aumiller – Left Estate in […]
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